Review: A Tale of Two Djinns by Mina Khan

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Format Read: e-Book
Length: Novella
Genre: Paranormal Romance
Release Date: March 9, 2012
Formats Available: eBook
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Kindle, Nook, Smashwords

Book Blurb:

Akshay, warrior prince of the earth djinns, earns the title of Crown Prince at a high cost when he loses his best friend in a battle against ancient enemies, the water djinns. Heartsick, he escapes to Earth to mourn.

Nothing gets the biological clock ticking (and elders lecturing) like almost dying in battle, so Maya, princess of the water djinns, travels to Earth for some no-strings-attached sex to fulfill her duty and produce an heir. But the beautiful and tough warrior gets more than she bargained for when she meets Shay.

Their not-so-simple one-night stand is interrupted by assassins and the world, as they know it, is changed forever. As Maya and Shay pull together to survive, …

Dual Review: The Marriage Bargain by Jennifer Probst

Format Read: e-book
Length: 216 pages
Publisher: Entangled Publishing
Genre: category contemporary romance
Series: Marriage to a Billionare, #1
Release Date: February 14, 2012
Formats Available: e-book
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Entangled Publishing, Author’s Website

Blurb:

A marriage in name only…

To save her family home, impulsive bookstore owner, Alexa Maria McKenzie, casts a love spell. But she never planned on conjuring up her best friend’s older brother—the powerful man who once shattered her heart.

Billionaire Nicholas Ryan doesn’t believe in marriage, but in order to inherit his father’s corporation, he needs a wife and needs one fast. When he discovers his sister’s childhood friend is in dire financial straits, he’s offers Alexa a bold proposition.

A marriage in name only with certain rules: Avoid entanglement. Keep things all business. Do not fall in love. The arrangement is only for a year so the rules shouldn’t be that hard to follow, right?

Except …

Review: Fifty Shades of Grey by E.L. James

Format read: ebook
Series: Book #1 in the Fifty Shades series
Genre: Erotic, Romance, BDSM
Release Date: 26 May 2011
Number of pages: 356 pages
Publisher: The Writer’s Coffee Shop Publishing House
Formats available: ebook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Amazon

Book Blurb:

When literature student Anastasia Steele is drafted to interview the successful young entrepreneur Christian Grey for her campus magazine, she finds him attractive, enigmatic and intimidating. Convinced their meeting went badly, she tries to put Grey out of her mind – until he happens to turn up at the out-of-town hardware store where she works part-time.

The unworldly, innocent Ana is shocked to realize she wants this man, and when he warns her to keep her distance it only makes her more desperate to get close to him. Unable to resist Ana’s quiet beauty, wit, and independent spirit, Grey admits he wants her – but on his own terms.

Shocked yet thrilled by Grey’s singular erotic tastes, Ana …

Review: Initiate by Tara Maya

Format Read: Ebook
Length: 169 Pages
Genre: Fantasy
Release Date: 22 December 2010
Publisher: Misque Press
Formats Available: eBook, paperback
Purchasing Info: Author’s Website, Goodreads, Amazon, Book Depository

Blurb:

The initiation ceremony is the gateway to ultimate power…or death.

A DETERMINED GIRL Dindi can’t do anything right, maybe because she spends more time dancing with pixies than doing her chores. Her clan hopes to marry her off and settle her down, but she dreams of becoming a Tavaedi, one of the powerful warrior-dancers whose secret magics are revealed only to those who pass a mysterious Test during the Initiation ceremony. The problem? No-one in Dindi’s clan has ever passed the Test. Her grandmother died trying. But Dindi has a plan…

AN EXILED WARRIOR Kavio is the most powerful warrior-dancer in Faearth, but when he is exiled from the tribehold for a crime he didn’t commit, he decides to shed his old life. If roving cannibals and …

Review: In the Service of the King by Laura Kaye

Format Read: e-book provided by publisher
Length: 78 Pages
Publisher: Harlequin Nocturne
Genre: paranormal romance
Series: Vampire Warrior Kings, #1
Release Date: February 1, 2012
Formats Available: e-book
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Author’s Website, Publisher Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble

Book Blurb:

Kael, Warrior King of the Vampires, loathes the Night of the Proffering. He needs the blood of either his mate or a human virgin to maintain his strength, but hasn’t enjoyed the ritual since he lost his mate centuries ago. Kael doesn’t want a new companion, yet his resolve is tested when he lays eyes on his new offering, Shayla McKinnon. He is drawn to Shayla’s beauty and poise…and the submission she offers. She is eager to give him anything he wishes, including her innocence, to please him. Will Kael give in to their overwhelming desire—even if it means risking Shayla’s life?

My Thoughts:

There’s a question that oft asked about fictional tales. The plot or the characters: what’s more …

Review: The Shadow Reader by Sandy Williams

Format Read: Mass Market Paperback
Length: 320 Pages
Publisher: Ace Books
Genre: urban fantasy
Series: Shadow Reader, #1
Release Date: October 25, 2011
Formats Available: Mass Market Paperback, eBook
Purchasing Info: Goodreads, Book Depository, Author’s Website, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Books-A-Million

Book Blurb:

Some humans can see the fae. McKenzie Lewis can track them, reading the shadows they leave behind. But some shadows lead to danger. Others lead to lies.

A Houston college student trying to finish her degree, McKenzie has been working for the fae king for years, tracking vicious rebels who would claim the Realm. Her job isn’t her only secret. For just as long, she’s been in love with Kyol, the king’s sword-master—and relationships between humans and fae are forbidden.

But any hope for a normal life is shattered when she’s captured by Aren, the fierce and uncompromising rebel leader. He teaches her the forbidden fae language and tells her dark truths about …